Software QA Engineer contract role

Tech Mirrors; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 66,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Mirrors is seeking a Software QA Engineer in Culver City, CA for a contract role. You will design and execute test plans, build automated UI tests with Playwright/Selenium, and perform REST/JSON API testing.

Collaboration with developers and product teams is essential to ensure release readiness. The candidate should have 3–5 years of QA experience testing web applications, familiarity with Digital Supply Chain or Content Management systems, and knowledge of CI processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of professional QA experience testing web applications.
• Experience working within Digital Supply Chain or Content Management systems.
• Familiarity with AI tooling in QA workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, and maintain manual and automated test cases for web applications.
• Build and extend automated UI test suites using Playwright and/or Selenium.
• Perform API testing (REST/JSON) using tools such as Postman or REST Assured.
• Investigate, reproduce, and clearly document defects with steps, logs, and screenshots.
• Collaborate with developers and product on requirements review, test planning, and release readiness.
• Participate in regression, smoke, and exploratory testing cycles.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of test strategy, tooling, and CI integration.

Skills

Manual testing

Test automation

API testing

Git

Jira

CI

Exploratory testing

Digital Supply Chain familiarity

AI tooling in QA

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/IS or related field

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Job description

Job Title: Software QA Engineer

Location: Culver City, CA

Duration: Contract

Rate : $50/hr on C2C

Skills required:

• Manual web application testing


• Test automation with Playwright/Selenium


• API testing (REST/JSON)


• Version control (Git)


• Defect tracking (Jira)


• Continuous Integration (CI)


• Regression/Smoke/Exploratory testing


• Digital Supply Chain/Content Management familiarity


• AI tooling in QA workflows

Role Descriptions:

• – Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.


• – Experience working within Digital Supply Chain or Content Management systems.


• – 3-5 years of professional QA experience testing web applications.


• – Design, execute, and maintain manual and automated test cases for web applications.


• – Build and extend automated UI test suites using Playwright and/or Selenium.


• – Perform API testing (REST/JSON) using tools such as Postman, REST Assured, or equivalent libraries.


• – Working knowledge of API testing concepts (HTTP methods, status codes, request/response validation, authentication).


• – Familiarity with version control (Git) and defect tracking tools (Jira or similar).


• – Investigate, reproduce, and clearly document defects with steps, expected vs. actual behavior, logs, and screenshots.


• – Collaborate with developers and product on requirements review, test planning, and release readiness.


• – Participate in regression, smoke, and exploratory testing cycles.


• – Contribute to continuous improvement of test strategy, tooling, and CI integration.


• – Familiarity or experimentation with AI tooling in QA workflows.